fiend

• n. 魔鬼；能手；成癖者

来自PIE*peig, 狡猾的，敌对的，坏心眼的，词源同foe, feud.

1. a cruel wicked and inhuman person

2. one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief

3. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause);

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill

fiend

fiend: [OE] Fiend seems originally to have meant ‘hated person’. It was formed in prehistoric times from the past participle of a Germanic verb meaning ‘hate’ (represented in historic times by, for example, Old English fēon, Old High German fiēn, and Gothic fijan). In Old English its meaning had progressed to ‘enemy’ (which is what its German relative feind still means). Then towards the end of the first millennium AD we see evidence of its being applied to the ‘enemy’ of mankind, the Devil. From there it was a short step to an ‘evil spirit’ in general, and hence to any ‘diabolically wicked person’.

fiend (n.)

Old English feond "enemy, foe, adversary," originally present participle of feogan "to hate," from Proto-Germanic *fijand- "hating, hostile" (cognates: Old Frisian fiand "enemy," Old Saxon fiond, Middle Dutch viant, Dutch vijand "enemy," Old Norse fjandi, Old High German fiant, Gothic fijands), from suffixed form of PIE root *pe(i)- "to hurt" (cognates: Sanskrit pijati "reviles, scorns," Greek pema "suffering, misery, woe," Gothic faian "to blame," and possibly Latin pati "to suffer, endure"). According to Watkins, not allied to foe and feud (n.).

As spelling suggests, the word originally was the opposite of friend and described any hostile enemy (male and female, with abstract noun form feondscipe "fiendship"), but it began to be used in late Old English for "the Devil, Satan" (literally "adversary") as the "enemy of mankind," which shifted its sense to "diabolical person" (early 13c.). The old sense of the word devolved to foe, then to the imported word enemy. For spelling with -ie- see field. Meaning "devotee (of whatever is indicated)," as in dope fiend, is from 1865.

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牛津词典

...if you're a heavy coffee drinker or strong-tea fiend.

如果你喝浓咖啡，或是喝浓茶成瘾

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A tearful husband repeated calls for help in catching the fiend who battered his wife.

泪流满面的丈夫不断呼喊求助，想抓到摧残他妻子的恶魔。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He is a fiend at tennis.

他是位网球高手.

辞典例句

The caster sacrifices several blood slaves to contract and bind a Fiend of Darkness.

施法者通过牺牲几个血奴,将召唤并与一个暗魔签订契约.

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It was said , that ghost and fiend consorted with him there.

据说魔鬼在那儿与他相会.

辞典例句

His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend ( Jack London )

他两眼血红,霎时变成了一个暴怒的魔鬼 ( 杰克伦敦 )

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Finally, 4 days later, fiend and I had a chance to visit Guangxi University.

终于在4天以后, 才约了朋友一起到西大去转了转.

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Maybe the fiend lords can't enter Sigil, but their agents, proxies, and sympathizers are there.

也许恶魔领主们至今还无法进入印记城, 但是它们的密探 、 代理人和支持者们却云集于此.

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Mary is getting married. Her fiend, Karl, is checking that everybody has arrived at the church.

玛丽要结婚了.她的朋友卡尔正在确认每个人都到达教堂了.

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Monkey recognized it and struck it again. Like the first time, the fiend fled.

悟空认出又是白骨精变的,举棒又打,白骨精故伎重演, 化烟脱逃.

英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学

And that he knew it was a Fiend, This miserable Knight!

可是他知道这是个魔王, 我们这不幸的骑士!

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Yea, indeed , he did not err, there was a fiend at his elbow!

是啊, 他是对的!他没有弄错! 他肘腋边确有一个恶魔!

英汉文学 - 红字

The villain was a fiend incarnate.

这个恶棍是恶魔的化身.

辞典例句

He is a drug fiend.

他是个有毒瘾的人.

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I have no idea who this murderous fiend may be.

我不知道这个杀人不眨眼的恶魔是谁.

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Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!

让这话做我们的造别之辞, 鸟或魔!

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Marty is a closet chocolate fiend.

马蒂暗地里是一个瘾君子.

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An angelical fiend is a contradiction in terms.

天使般的恶魔-这是一种自相矛盾的说法.

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The natives thought the explorer was possessed by a fiend.

当地人认为,这个冒险家被一个魔鬼虏去了.

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Or am I given over utterly to the fiend?

还是我让魔鬼完全控制了?

英汉文学 - 红字

The recent development fiend in international diamond wire saw was described.

阐述最近国际金刚石串珠绳锯的发展趋势.

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My fiend had hone go, what I mean be, he'll be back in a moment.

我的朋友已经去了, 我是说, 他一会儿就回来的.

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A true fiend is the one who hold your hand and touches your heart.

真正的朋友会握着你的手,触动你的心.

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A small fiend with a pair of hot tweezers plucked behind Scarlett's eyeballs.

思嘉仿佛觉得有个小小的恶魔拿着钳子在她的眼球背后使劲拔似的.

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TYPICAL USE : The natives thought the explorer was a fiend.

土著们认为探险家被恶魔缠身.

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Some people gasped at the sight of the fiend.

有些人看到这个恶魔倒吸一口冷气.

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Hi, Tom! I'd like you to meet my fiend, Sal.

嗨, 汤姆. 我想请你见见我的朋友莎儿.

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